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Hi everyone!

What a year we have had! This year our volunteers completed over 2.5 million transcriptions, which is a phenomenal achievement. The information that comes out of every expedition is integral to the work of each and every Institution that we collaborate with. To all our volunteers we say a heartfelt thank you! Our validators also completed over 660,000 validations, which can often take additional time to complete due to the necessary attention to detail and specificity involved. Thanks for all your hard work!

We reached an exciting milestone in November this year when we surpassed 17,000 volunteers! This year alone we gained over 1,100 new faces, showing how DigiVol is being spread around the world by thoughtful and curious people. Also, over 2,100 unique individuals made at least one transcription this year.

On the expedition front, a total of 528 expeditions were completed (with more still finishing up) and we can separate them into our three expedition types: there were 214 Camera Trap expeditions completed, headlined by Bush Heritage - in particular the South East NSW Priority Landscape region topping our transcription numbers with a whopping 1,258,489 transcriptions!! Even though each task can be transcribed 4-6 times in order...
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The Australian Museum Mineralogy and Petrology collection consists of over 81,000 registered specimens. The Mineral collection has a taxonomic coverage of 1,545 mineral species. About 35% of the collection is from NSW, 25% from other Australian states and Antarctica, and 40% from overseas.

The museum's petrology specimens showcase the diversity of Earth’s geological materials, from igneous to sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. These samples help illustrate geological processes such as volcanic activity, sediment deposition, and tectonic transformations. Each specimen serves as a physical record of natural events that have shaped the planet over time.

This expedition is part of the Australian Museum's Collection Enhancement Project (CEP). The CEP will result in new levels of access to the AM’s diverse collections, making digital images and meta data easily accessible to First Nations communities, scientists, researchers, students and individuals from Australia and abroad.